__/ [ John Locke ] on Tuesday 22 May 2007 16:57 \__
> On Tue, 22 May 2007 11:31:01 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Sorting through rubble after Microsoft's Linux patent bombshell
>>
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>>| Instead of slaughtering open source with patent lawsuits, injunctions
>>| and damage claims, it appears the goal is to milk, or bleed, open
>>| source software companies through licensing, and indemnification
>>| deals. You can't say there's anything secret or hidden about
>>| that strategy.
>
> They may as well..its rumored that all the programmers at Microsoft
> have jumped ship and all that' s left are attorneys and executives.
As the former Project Manager of Excel said:
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| The only way Microsoft has managed to hire so many people
| has been by lowering their hiring standards significantly...
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/24.html
MS Insider: The Office Crew Isn't Smart Enough to Supplant Real Windows
Developers
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| "With Alchin retiring, MarkL and MarkZ, two of the most talented
| architects in MS already having left, the picture gets really
| ugly for the Windows division," my friend claimed, and the BV's
| core team members, Ian McDonald, Jack Mayo, Todd Wanke, Clyde
| Rodriguez and others are starting to connect the dots.
|
| [...]
|
| He concluded ominously. "A trainwreck of biblical proportions looms.
| Pick a good seat on the sidelines, trainwrecks this large take
| awhile to complete. Vista may be the last MS OS for some time to
| come, especially if Cutler decides to play hardball."
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http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/09/11/ms-insider-the-office-crew-isnt-smart-enough-to-supplant-real-windows-developers/
http://tinyurl.com/35eqrt
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| "Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista
| operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company 'scrambles' to fix
| internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN... Microsoft has
| also admitted that it has major problems in it's Windows division and has
| has immediately initiated a total restructure of the division..."
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Source: the Inquirer.
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